Those of us who are adults and spend so much of our time talking about the ins and outs of the professional wrestling business on the internet and elsewhere often get caught up in our theories and concerns about booking, about longterm storytelling, about who’s getting pushed and who’s getting buried.
Distracted by our analyses and arguments, we can forget something fundamental: wrestling is and should be, at least partially, for the kids. It’s ironic that this can slip our minds when so many of us fell in love with wrestling as children in the first place.
Fortunately, every now and then something comes along to remind us. In this case, it’s a tweet that’s gone viral from a teenager who, along with her boyfriend, took her 8-year-old brother on a surprise trip to a WWE Live Event. Upon figuring out where they were and what was happening, his reaction was touching and emotional:
https://twitter.com/__Yayaa__/status/962916330398601217
In the midst of WrestleMania season, as we adults struggle with Mixed Match Challenge booking, how Ronda Rousey will do on Raw, and what on Earth is wrong with Smackdown, it’s refreshing to be reminded that WWE can still bring pure joy to the hearts of children.
For that matter, with so much cynicism in the world outside of wrestling, it’s also moving to see a young man treat his girlfriend’s little brother to his favorite thing, and to see how they both revel in his joy.
